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NUTRITION
Channels and Types of
Interventions
| LEVELS | SCHOOLS | HEALTH CARE SETTINGS (HCS) | WORKPLACE | BROADER COMMUNITY |
| AWARENESS
(Informs the public about health issues, concerns, and/or solutions) |
*Post Food Guide Pyramid in
cafeteria and classrooms
*Use bulletin boards in classrooms for monthly nutrition education *Celebrate National Nutrition Month |
*Provide signs promoting healthy eating in offices of health care providers and hospital cafeterias | *Place point-of-purchase signs on supermarket shelves indicating healthy choices | *Publicize those facilities that
promote and provide healthy eating options
*Reward publicly those that promote and foster healthy eating |
| KNOWLEDGE/
SKILLS (Educates the public about causes, symptoms, strategies, etc., of public health issues) |
*Include training of nutrition
labels in health, science, etc. classes
*Provide skills training and role modeling of proper diet for teachers, food service staff and students |
*Provide info about healthy
foods
*Provide info about restaurants offering healthy food choices *Sponsor grocery store tours that promote the variety of fruits and vegetables available |
*Display healthy meal ideas on the
back of paper sacks in grocery stores
*Sponsor grocery store tours for the community *Offer nutrition and healthy cooking classes for employees and families |
*Conduct community wide cooking
contests and "nutrition makeovers" with public figures
*Offer culturally appropriate heart healthy cooking classes in churches and other settings *Start a newspaper column for healthy eating ideas |
| SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS
(Educates the public about causes, symptoms, strategies, etc., of public health issues) |
*Modify school lunch menus to
increase availability and variety of fruits and vegetables
*Provide healthy snacks in school vending machines and concession stands *Sell fruit at school functions/fund raising events |
*Provide healthy snacks and juices
in vending machines at local health departments and other health
organizations
*Provide listing of local caterers that provide healthy meals for meetings |
*Support choices of healthy entrees
in restaurants
*Provide listing of local caterers that provide healthy meals for meetings *Eestablish a worksite fruit/veg. garden co-op *Encourage lowfat, healthy selections at potlucks |
*Collaborate with community food
services (meals on wheels, etc.) To reduce fat and increase fiber in
menus
*Provide healthy alternatives at all community events and activities *Hold grocery store tours that promote fruits and vegetables |
| POLICIES/
REGULATIONS (Establishes and enforces policies and/or laws that promote healthy behaviors) |
*Monitor policy requiring healthy
food choices in schools
*Expand/subsidize food programs to improve nutrition for students |
*Include nutrition assessment and plan of care as part of medical chart protocol | *Support policies to require
healthy choices in worksite cafeterias/vending machines
*Adopt policy to offer heart healthy catered meals at the worksite |